| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.138 | So holy writ in babes hath judgement shown, | So holy Writ, in babes hath iudgement showne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.139 | When judges have been babes; great floods have flown | When Iudges haue bin babes; great flouds haue flowne |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.48.1 | Worth many babes and beggars! | Worth many Babes and Beggers. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.73 | And piteous plainings of the pretty babes, | And pitteous playnings of the prettie babes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.40 | As he was born. The king he takes the babe | As he was borne. The King he takes the Babe |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.23 | Richer than doing nothing for a robe, | Richer, then doing nothing for a Babe: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.101 | At three and two years old, I stole these babes, | At three, and two yeeres old, I stole these Babes, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.71 | Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe! | Be soft as sinewes of the new-borne Babe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.49 | When at their mothers' moistened eyes babes shall suck, | When at their Mothers moistned eyes, Babes shall suck, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.16 | That with his name the mothers still their babes? | That with his Name the Mothers still their Babes? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.199 | Was in the mouth of every sucking babe: | Was in the mouth of euery sucking Babe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.47 | As looks the mother on her lowly babe | As lookes the Mother on her lowly Babe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.392 | As mild and gentle as the cradle-babe | As milde and gentle as the Cradle-babe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.52 | No more will I their babes; tears virginal | No more will I their Babes, Teares Virginall, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.86 | Tears then for babes, blows and revenge for me! | Teares then for Babes; Blowes, and Reuenge for mee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.29 | I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe. | I Seale vpon the lips of this sweet Babe. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.66 | Than if they were but babes or captive slaves. | Then if they were but babes or Captiue slaues. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.58 | Or madly think a babe of clouts were he. | Or madly thinke a babe of clowts were he; |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.20 | Old fools are babes again, and must be used | |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.278 | A babe to honour her. If she must teem, | A Babe to honor her. If she must teeme, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.586 | And when he was a babe, a child, a shrimp, | And when he was a babe, a childe, a shrimpe, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.21 | And Pity, like a naked new-born babe | And Pitty, like a naked New-borne-Babe, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.55 | How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me; | How tender 'tis to loue the Babe that milkes me, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.30 | Finger of birth-strangled babe, | Finger of Birth-strangled Babe, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.151 | His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls | His Wife, his Babes, and all vnfortunate Soules |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.6 | Wisdom! To leave his wife, to leave his babes, | Wisedom? to leaue his wife, to leaue his Babes, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.204 | Your castle is surprised, your wife and babes | Your Castle is surpriz'd: your Wife, and Babes |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.110 | I cannot tell: those that do teach young babes | I cannot tell: those that do teach yong Babes |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.42 | Those mothers who to nuzzle up their babes | Those mothers who to nouzell vp their babes, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.11 | A babe is moulded. Be attent, | A Babe is moulded: be attent, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.28 | For a more blusterous birth had never babe; | For a more blusterous birth had neuer Babe: |
| Pericles | Per III.i.67 | Bring me the satin coffer. Lay the babe | Bring me the Sattin Coffin: lay the Babe |
| Pericles | Per III.i.78 | There will I visit Cleon, for the babe | There will I visit Cleon, for the Babe |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.12 | Must be as 'tis. My gentle babe Marina, | must be as tis: my gentle babe Marina, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.182 | O, 'twas the foulest deed to slay that babe, | O, 'twas the foulest deed to slay that Babe, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.84 | These babes for Clarence weep, and so do I; | These Babes for Clarence weepe, so do not they. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.98 | Pity, you ancient stones, those tender babes | Pitty, you ancient Stones, those tender Babes, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.9 | ‘ O, thus,’ quoth Dighton, ‘ lay the gentle babes.’ | O thus (quoth Dighton) lay the gentle Babes: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.9 | Ah, my poor princes! Ah, my tender babes! | Ah my poore Princes! ah my tender Babes: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.87 | A mother only mocked with two fair babes, | A Mother onely mockt with two faire Babes; |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.120 | Think that thy babes were sweeter than they were | Thinke that thy Babes were sweeter then they were, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.220 | My babes were destined to a fairer death | My Babes were destin'd to a fairer death, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.61 | Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed. | thou wast the prettiest Babe that ere I nurst, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.137 | For I am rough and woo not like a babe. | For I am rough, and woo not like a babe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.74 | And speak I will. I am no child, no babe. | And speake I will. I am no childe, no babe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.108 | And at that instant like a babe sprung up. | And at that instant, like a babe sprung vp. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.109 | Ho, ho! I laugh to think that babe a bastard. | Ho, ho: I laugh to thinke that babe a bastard. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.119 | But set them down horrible traitors. Spare not the babe | But set them down horrible Traitors. Spare not the Babe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.125 | Whose proof nor yells of mothers, maids, nor babes, | Whose proofe, nor yels of Mothers, Maides, nor Babes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.29 | Of lullaby to bring her babe asleep. | Of Lullabie, to bring her Babe asleepe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.67 | Here is the babe, as loathsome as a toad | Heere is the babe as loathsome as a toad, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.26 | The crying babe controlled with this discourse: | The crying babe control'd with this discourse: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.33 | Peace, villain, peace!’ – even thus he rates the babe – | Peace, villaine peace, euen thus he rates the babe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.35 | Who, when he knows thou art the Empress' babe, | Who when he knowes thou art the Empresse babe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.58 | That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse, | That (like a testie Babe) will scratch the Nurse, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.20 | Or tell of babes broached on the lance, or women | Or tell of Babes broachd on the Launce, or women |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.96 | That Arcite was no babe – God's lid, his richness | That Arcite was no babe: god's lyd, his richnes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.26.2 | A daughter, and a goodly babe, | A daughter, and a goodly babe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.37 | If she dares trust me with her little babe, | If she dares trust me with her little babe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.56 | Madam, if't please the Queen to send the babe, | Madam, if't please the Queene to send the babe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.85 | His hopeful son's, his babe's, betrays to slander, | His hopefull Sonnes, his Babes, betrayes to Slander, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.125 | Look to your babe, my lord; 'tis yours. Jove send her | Looke to your Babe (my Lord) 'tis yours: Ioue send her |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.184 | Had been more merciful. Come on, poor babe, | Had beene more mercifull. Come on (poore Babe) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.133 | innocent babe truly begotten; and the King shall live without | innocent Babe truly begotten, and the King shall liue without |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.1.1 | Enter Antigonus with the child, and a Mariner | Enter Antigonus, a Marriner, Babe, Sheepe-heard, and Clowne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.14.2 | Come, poor babe. | Come, poore babe; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.29 | Of my poor babe, according to thy oath, | Of my poore babe, according to thine oath, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.31 | There weep, and leave it crying; and for the babe | There weepe, and leaue it crying: and for the babe |